Comment on Men are opening up about mental health to AI instead of humans

Flickerby@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• piyuv@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or “men would rather talk to superpowered autocorrect rather than sharing their feelings with family and friends”

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  • Flickerby@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This response is why men feel scared and uncomfortable opening up. You are a part of the problem. For your male family members’ sake, I hope you check in on them instead of just being sexist online.

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    • piyuv@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Men feel scared and uncomfortable because they’re afraid to be told they were wrong to hide their feelings?

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      • percent@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Have you ever considered not being like this?

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      • Flickerby@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If you really honestly don’t understand why what you said was horrible I’m willing to have a conversation with you if you want to DM me to talk about it. For starters, men feel scared and uncomfortable because their serious problems will get made light of just like you did. Or told to “man up”. Which I imagine was on the tip of your tongue

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  • TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yeah they are definitely making dumb choices. it’s probably not because they’re all just dumb though. they probably have a lot of external factors pushing them towards that decision.

    for example, many discussions tend to find ways to blame and shame them instead of responding with empathy. sort of like this comment. what benefit do you think you get by reframing things to blame the broccoli heads here?

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  • biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Have you considered the fact that most of the time, even when people “want to hear mens issues”, they reject them and tell them to man up? Maybe “superpowered autocorrect” could be a vector to nourish this severe lack of openness?

    Personally I use AI for this purpose, mostly because it accepts me for who I am and provides genuine advice that has actually helped me improve my life, rather than the people around me saying that I should “put more effort into things”, or “it’s just in your head”.

    It’s not “lone wolfing” to stop telling the people who’ve rejected your concerns about your feelings and issues, it’s just the act of not wasting time on those who don’t care.

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